Jack Catterall: record, next fight and profile →
Catterall, Linares Face Off Photos Gallery - Super Lightweight World Title challenger Jack Catterall will defend his WBA Intercontinental Title against multi-weight World Champion Jorge Linares at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool on Saturday October 21, live worldwide on DAZN. (photos by Mark Robinson)
Jack Catterall knows that he can’t rely solely on his name to get him through his next assignment. Nor does the 30-year-old southpaw from Chorley, England view Jorge Linares as merely another name to add to his resume.
By Jake Donovan - Jorge Linares hopes to go back to the well at least one more time. The former three-division titlist returns to jolly old England, against whose fighters he has enjoyed extraordinary success. Linares arrives back in country as a considerable underdog versus former title challenger Jack Catterall this Saturday on DAZN from M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool, England.
Up until this point, Richardson Hitchins was expected to win. He was a star in the amateur game and looked incredibly skillful during his brief career. Hitchins though, wanted to be thrown into the deep end.
Jack Catterall has his eyes fixed solely on Jorge Linares ahead on the pair’s super lightweight clash in Liverpool on October 21st. Catterall (27-1, 13 KO’s) jumped at the chance to take on the former multi-weight world champion and will be aiming to produce the type of performance that will make his own world title claims impossible to ignore.
Jorge Linares isn’t the spry young fighter that he once was. At the age of 38, he’s seen better days. Yet, even with three consecutive losses underneath his belt, the now fringe contender isn’t interested in hanging up his gloves.
Eddie Hearn, promoter for junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall, would love to make the rematch with former undisputed champion Josh Taylor.
32-year-old Josh Taylor, the former undisputed junior welterweight champion, is still trying to sort out his boxing future. At the start of 2022, Taylor was regarded as one of the best pound-for-pound boxers in the world.
Former undisputed junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is mulling the next move for his career after suffering his first defeat as a pro. Last month, Taylor returned to the ring for the first time since February of 2022 - and he was outboxed over twelve rounds by Teofimo Lopez, who walked away with the WBO world title.
A world title shot may be out of reach for Jack Catterall in the short term, but a chance to rectify a past injustice remains a compelling alternative. Sam Jones, the advisor of the British 140-pound contender, made it clear in a recent interview that his charge would be